Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 413 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS
Division 330 - POLICY
Section 413-330-1110 - Scope
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024
(1) The Department's prioritization of preventative and community-based services has placed an increased emphasis on providing the children and young adults and their caregivers with community based, culturally specific and individualized services in a timely manner. These services are often necessary to safely maintain the child or young adult within or return the child or young adult to the home of a parent or family member or to stabilize the child or young adult in lower levels of Resource Care. The child or young adult's needs may be most appropriately met by a nontraditional contractor, who is often known to the child or young adult or their family.
(2) In cases where a nontraditional contractor is being requested, the child or young adult's caseworker is responsible for documenting the child or young adult's strengths and needs, which should be collaboratively identified by the following parties:
(3) Once the child or young adult's strengths and needs are identified, the caseworker must rule out all other funding streams and service options to meet those needs. If no other services are available to meet the child or young adult's needs, the caseworker can request FOCUS funding. For FOCUS short form contracts, services to be provided must be specifically related to one or more of the following domains:
(4) Home & placement stability to prevent placement into care or disruption from the current community-based placement by providing stabilization services.
(5) Reunification to facilitate the child or young adult's return home and preserve the continuity of family relationships and permanency for the child or young adult.
(6) Transition supports to assist the child or young adult by providing additional support during times of transition between placements, especially when the child or young adult is moving from a higher to lower level of care.
(7) Well-being to facilitate the child or young adult's well-being by ensuring the child or young adult receives adequate and appropriate services to meet medical, physical, mental health, social, emotional-development, or educational needs which are unable to be met through other systems or funding streams.
(8) The FOCUS-funded short-form process expedites the Department's contracting by:
(9) A FOCUS short-form contract may be used when the following conditions are met:
(10) The services are:
(11) The contracted services do not include:
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 409.050 & ORS 418.005
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 30.260-30.300, ORS 279A.055-279A.155, ORS 409.010, ORS 670.600 & ORS 806.060